Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-02-14

BAWUU8 AO1e3s
In the Hammondsport Valley. New
YSfk, theEe ere SAIL 400 tons Of grapes,
This b harvest time In Australia
The wheae crop IN Victoria alons Az
|grsgAtss -. 0O0, 900 bushels.
Ths new IN works at PihEhrd. New
Yofk, havs just sold several thousand
barrels Of salt % Armour & Co.
Great Britain makes from hsr swu
orchards 200. 900, 900 gallons Of cldel
annually, and imports about 900, OO(
barrels Of apples from the United
States.
Nearly ninety tons OF ensilsge were
put up on the farm oil J. L. Wicxs &
Co., ct Colby. The Iona Sentinel
vouches for the fact that II Ia in prime
condition.
A Dutch syndicate of bankers In
Amsterdam. Holland, has acquired
from the Florida land ind mortgage
company 600 square miles Of heavily
timbered land.
The total values Of exports Of beef,
pork and dairy products for twelve
months ending Dec. 81, 1885, was
eS6.044. 1851. against @93, $780, $40 fer
the same time the previous year..
In the Southern States during the
past twelve months, the sum of &c.,.
400, 900 has been devoted TO starting
new industries and increasing those
already on the way. The New
South" 10 fast becoming Q reality,
Extend the area Of the Kitchen gar.
den the coming season; don't stint
your family on the production Of the
garden. You have some and to spare,
and who 10 better entitled to . liberal
supply Of fruits aud vegetables than
yourself and family.
We find q great many farmers
throughout the Northwest are giving
considerable attention To growing Ger.
man mIllet w. M. Liggett Of Ben
ston, MIMI. especially favrrs 1t, and
says the improvement of his stock
while eating II was 90 marked that al
stock owners In his locality will SOW
1t another season.
At the annual meeting Of the Mich
gan Horticultural Society the question
of the deteriorating Of apples received
considerable attention. Exhaustion
Of the soil was given as one prime
cause for this deterioration. Among
remedies for the codling moth, Parii
green, London purple and kerosene
enulsions, all had their advocates.
The market gardener, In our ad
vanced state Of horticulture, 10 en-
gagged In fight with the competition
Of the world. To keep up this fighI
he needs the ammunition Of manure
and plenty OF 1t; but even with . ful
supply OF II, he is never sure Of fna
success, unless he has the quick ey,
needed in using this ammunition will
effect.
Regarding the value of ensilage {
Wisconsin dairyman writes tn,
Breeders Gazette that stock fed on tn,
ensilagc keep in excellent health, ant
that with its use he has never noticed
sluggishness In bulls or abortion II
cows. He feeds one-half ensilage
the ensilage taking the place of roots
The trade In canned meats wa,
large and showed q heavy gain owe
1885. The beef canned In Rocheste
by the three principal canning estat
/. lishments aggregated SO. 000, 900 lbs
the largest quantity ever canned II
that or any other city. One house ha'
a contract for 8, 900 900 lbs. from tn,
, French government for delivery tn,
ensuing six months, The low pric,
of cattle made meats very cheap, ant
prices averaged 80 per cent. below
those of 1885. The cheapness, how
ever, increased the consumption.
The Vineyardist does not think tina
the low prices realized for grapes lns
year should discourage growers.
says: mo one, and no grape growers
who, taking one year with another
hire much surer of an average croy
than any other class engaged In hus
, bandry, will be discouraged or turn
away from their chosen vocation, be
cause OF unfavorable temporary condi-
tons, but will stand by IL, raise al
much in quantity and of as good quail
ity as possible, and look to the future
with hope, courage and confidence"
Commenting on the low price O
wheat, the st. Paul Pioneer Press sayl
that 1t Is strong plea for more eco
nomical methods OF farming. II the
farmer loses at one end he must try Il
gain at the other. If wheat has TALLER
In the worlds markets, he must make
good the deficit by decreasing the cosI
of production. The thing can be done
by increasing the yield per acre. In
estimating cost of production, the cos
OF labor in blowing, feeding, harvest
ing, threshing and marketing, pei
acre, are added together. The to al /.
divided by the average yield per acre
Civ ing the average cost of production
per bushel.
But the manure heap is the mos
important of all. A good farmer car
be selected by the manner In which he
keeps his manure. The manure Is the
wealth-the bank on which the CHECK
is drawn-and it is imprudent to ne
glect 1t. Drenching rains and scorchine
suns carry upward and downward the
soluble and volatile constituents of the
unprotected heap, and often grea,
/ bitches are dug to allow the black Ii
quid riches to pass off and away for
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